What's info2cpe

info2cpe is a library that try to convert a simple string (a service banner, for example) into a CPE value. The library follows the CPE v2.3 specifications.

For more information, please visit the official website for CPE, maintained by MITRE: http://cpe.mitre.org/

How does it work?

info2cpe use different heuristic and mathematical methods to try to match a simple text into the an approximated CPE value.

** A lot of times, the library can't find an exact match with the CPE database. **

Usage

You can use the info2cpe as a library and as a command line tool:

Command line

Diplay the help:

python info2cpe.py -h
usage: info2cpe.py [-h] [-t INPUT_TEXT] [-c CPE_FILE] [--update]

info2cpe try to convert any string into CPE

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -t INPUT_TEXT, --text INPUT_TEXT
                    text where looking for the CPE.
  -c CPE_FILE, --cpe-db CPE_FILE
                    cpe database
  --update              update cpe database

Update the CPE database:

python info2cpe.py --update
[*] Downloading CPE database (this can take some time).
[*] Loading XML CPE file.
[*] Converting XML to CPE database.
[*] Saving CPE database in 'cpe.db' file.
[*] Done!

Looking for a CPE from command line:

python info2cpe.py -t "Microsoft IIS httpd 7.5"
[*] Starting analysis...
[*] Analysis time: 0.552829027176
[*] Results:

|----
| CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:iis:7.5
| Name: Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.5
| Probability: 100%
|____

|----
| CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:iis:7.0
| Name: Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0
| Probability: 98%
|____

|----
| CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:iis:6.0
| Name: Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0
| Probability: 90%
|____

As a library

Looking for a CPE from command python code:

>>>from api import search_cpe
>>>banner="Microsoft IIS httpd 7.5"
>>>result=search_cpe(banner)
>>>print result
[(100, 'cpe:/a:microsoft:iis:7.5', 'Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.5'), (98, 'cpe:/a:microsoft:iis:7.0', 'Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0'), (90, 'cpe:/a:microsoft:iis:6.0', 'Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0')]

Acknowledgements

Mario Vilas https://github.com/MarioVilas | @MarioVilas

Contribute

Any kind of contribution is wellcome. Feel free to make a fork and send me your changes.